Google execs who report directly to CEO Sundar Pichai has approved the blacklist of conservative websites

According to the Daily Caller, a “manual review tool” is also “involved in maintaining the blacklist,” which includes “Gateway Pundit, Matt Walsh’s blog, Gary North’s blog ‘teapartyeconomist.com,’ Caroline Glick’s website, Conservative Tribune, a property of The Western Journal and the website of the American Spectator.”

According to Breitbart, in a statement, Google responded to the report, declaring, “We do not manually determine the order of any search result, nor do our algorithms or policies attempt to make any judgment on the political leanings of a website.

"Our Google News inclusion policies are publicly available online.

"They provide guidelines on content and behaviors for matters like sponsored content, deceptive practices, and more.

"Sites that do not adhere to these policies are not eligible to appear on news surfaces or in information boxes in Search.

"These policies do not impact the way these sites appear in organic blue-link Google Search results.”